Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-10
WASHINGTON.
Gibbs Of West
Virginia Comes Out Strong for
CIeyeIand's Reelection.
President Cleveland, Secretary Whit
ney and Others Take Trip Down
the Potomac In & Yacht,
An Increess in tho Corn Ersa of About
Ons and One Half million Acres.
Tho Condition of cotton Good.

An Incroess in tho Corn Arsa of About
Ono and One Half million Acres.
Tho Condition of U0tton Good,
STE NC CLEVELAND MAN.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. July Representa-
( tive Gibbs of West Virgins, who has
been one of the most outspoken Demo.
cratic opponents OF the President, said
to day: 81 I'm for Mr. Cleveland heart
and hand from this time out. The issue
has been made uD by the men OF the
/ Grand Army of the Republic, who wanted
to belittIe him. As the case stands the
President represents the law, order and
/ deCenCY, and Democrats ere unanimous
/ in his support. He will be renominated
/ by aCClamaliOn. There will be but one
voice in the convention; yes, and ne will
/ be reelected too"
WILL THE PRESIDENT VISIT ST. LOUIS?
WASHINGTON, July 9.-The President
/ is still greatly exercised over the mis-
carriage Of lengthy letter carrying the
Executives refusal to visit ST. Louis in
/ September, and it is feared il has given
new life to the gossip regarding the orig
/ iGel controversy. In the statement given
/ out st the White House yesterday, the
I information that Mr.. Cleveland, as d re-
suit Of the st. Louis fiasco, has abandon
ed his intention of taking any western
I trip is made prominent. Those who
/ presume to be well informed however,
/ do not believe the President will give up
! his plans for the summer snd fail. 1t
is well known that he had an
( elaborate programme Of travel
prepared and high official said yester-
dGy that it would be lived UP to- TIE
/ President, ne said, will 5e urged TO 20 to
St. Louis during the fair week in OC-
tober and VIII accept. He will proceed
from 81. Louis to other points, IS Origi-
nsllY intended Mrs. Cleveland will
accompany him.
DOWN The POTOMAC.
WASHINGTON, July THE President,
Seer cary Whitney, Colonel Lamont, and
several others left Washington on yacht
this afternoon for trip down the POtO-
mac river.
Secretary Whitney has sold "Grass-
lands" his country place on TeEaIlytoHn
road above Georgetown. 1t is under
stood that he has leased it for two years,
with the privilege Of q third, having e.
served that right. In the
spring Of 1885, Secretary
Whitney purchased this place which con
tanned 100 acres and large house for
$500 per acre. He subsequently sold
twenty-five acres at $500 per acre and
has now sold the remaining seventy-hye
acres for SIS, eco.
Secretary Fairchild has purchased for
SO, 900 residence at the Intersection Of
New Hampshire avenue, o and Twentieth
streets. 1t fronts on New Hampshire
avenue and adjoius the house being built
by Representative S. S. Cox.
CROP SUMMARY.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-The statisticiau
OF the Department Of Agriculture reports
g further extension of the corn area of
about 100000 acres, an increase of
per cent. of the acreage Of 1856. In the
states of declining wheat culture, maize
has advanced in area largely,
notably in Kansas. 4 marked
advance is noted in the district between
the Mississippi and the Rocky mountains,
and considerable increase is reported in
the cotton states. The season hos been
fairly favorable both tor planting and
growing, and the condition is high,
averaging 9J.7, which differs little from
the July condition of inc past three years.
The great c0rn-srowiag states, which
iurni1h the surplus, average nearly 80 IN
condition.
The condition of winter wheat on the
lst Of July, or ~ the time Of harvest for
tie more southern states, j. So. .
= reduction since the June re-
port Of Il. The reduction is in
states. Some OF the remainder have
4 n AZ, = OIL 1rc
The chinCh bug has wrought some damage .
in the NOS, southern states, and in Mary
land and Virginia, where TIE harvested .
grain has been thyeshed, the results are .
ySTiabie, with plump, sound grain in some .
localities and 2 shrunkan berry indicated .
IN others.
There is reported 9 somewhat serious .
decline in the condition Of spring wheat, .
largely from the prevalence Of the chinch .
bug. The general average is
- 3, LAST month SIS, 8 decline
of eight points. TIE condition in
July of 1856 was s. 5, four points higher
than the present average. The average
for Wisconsin is -, Minnesota -, Iowa
-, Nebraska -, Dakota s.. The chinch
bug, Hessian fly and grasshopper in the
northwest, and the Joint woTm in West
hsye ell aided in the reduction
of the yield of wheat.
The average condition Of winter rye is
SIS, that Of spring rye SIS, showing o de-
cline in the condition since lsst report.
The average for barley is likewise re-
duCed. 1t is 82S instead of $50 last
month. The decline is mainly in the
west.
a reduction appears in oats from 81 in
June to S. due to drought and insect
ravsges. 1t is the heaviest in Kentucky,
Illinois, Wisconsin and states west OF the
There has been 81 increase of p per
cent. in the acreage of potatoes, the
largest rate Of advance being in Dakota,
Kansas and Nebraska. The average is
90. which is q little below the July aver
age Of the previous three years.
There is apparently g decline OF about
One-siXth in the tobacco acreage in which
nearly ell the tobacco growing states
participated. The average of condition
IS 81, lover than the July figures for sew
eral years.
The status of the cotton crop has not !
declined since last report. In the south
ssst there IS Slight reduction Compeu-
sated by small advance in the states
vest of the Mississippi. The average is
II, which is four points higher than the
average for July in the previous zen
years. 1t was exceeded "a 1873 and 1850 !
and nearly equsled il July in 1881 and
1856, which were years of small
production. There have been (
but two July records below On